Where does “Bengalinlahti” come from?

Bengalinlahti (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lahti, from Finnish lahdata, from Swedish slakta, from Middle Low German slachten, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Bengalinlahti (Finnish): The Bay of Bengal

Definitions

  1. The Bay of Bengal

Ancestry of “Bengalinlahti”, step by step

Bengalinlahti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lahti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLahtia city in southern Finland
2FinnishlahdataTo slaughter
3Swedishslaktato slaughter, to butcher
4Middle Low Germanslachten—
5Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Finnish Bengal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBengal—
2EnglishBengalA short-haired domestic cat breed, which...
3PortugueseBengalaBengal
4Persianبنگاله—
5Middle Bengaliবাঙ্গালাBengal
6Sanskritवङ्गाल—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Middle Low German slachten →